Fandom: Doctor Who/Life on MarsRating: adultType: genDescription: DI Sam Tyler woke up in 1973, and after months there still isn't sure whether he's mad, in a coma, or back in time. John Smith--a copper, he claims, but Sam's not so sure--muscles into the most disturbing case Sam has ever worked, and Sam begins to see in Smith what he suspects others see in him: a skewed outsider's perspective verging on insanity. Has Smith also traveled through time? Or is there something more sinister in play than Sam has yet figured out? (Might be a tiny bit of het sprinkled in here, Sam/Annie, but should mostly be gen.)

So yeah, the toughest one wins. Naturally. Though I'm very pleased; I've been dying to write this, I've got the whole arc and theme planned out, the first scene started, a decent plot outline...and anything that gives an excuse to rewatch Life on Mars and the Ninth Doctor episodes of Doctor Who is a good thing. :)

You can see what everyone else will be writing here.Current Mood:pleased

Haha, I somehow thought you might be. Warning, though: this is totally my reaction AGAINST all the Sam-is-the-Master fics out there. As in, that's totally not what's going on (and it's not even a spoiler to say so). *g*

this is totally my reaction AGAINST all the Sam-is-the-Master fics out there. As in, that's totally not what's going on (and it's not even a spoiler to say soAh, I was wondering which way you were intending to go on that. Given that this is going to be Nine, you wouldn't even have to provide an explanation as to why Sam resembles the Master (or, strictly speaking, why the Master resembles Sam).

Though this makes me wonder whether there have ever been any "All Creatures Great And Small" crossovers with the 5th Doctor, and if there were, how they explained the resemblance, or whether they explained it at all. It wouldn't be the first time in Who canon, after all, where someone from Team Tardis has been an exact double of someone in that adventure. I believe the 2nd Doctor was identical to someone, then we had Romana I in "The Androids of Tara" and Nyssa in "The Black Orchid". So I suppose the Master's resemblance to Sam wouldn't really need any explanation at all; it would be just "one of those things".

Yes, that's one reason I'm going with Nine, so I don't have to explain the resemblance--but there's a list of about ten reasons why it has to be Nine, some plot points, some character-related. You shall see. :)

This pleases me. :) Because wow, there is some fine, fine character stuff to be done with Sam and Nine, and I am going to have so much fun working out how it's all going to play. *rubs hands gleefully together*